Improvement in sleds



S; H. PARTRIDGE.

'Childs Sled.

Patented Aug. 24, 1869.

Inventor:

Witnesses:

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s. H. PARTRIDGE, OF PETERBOROUGH, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Letters Patent No. 94,024, dated August 24, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN SLEDS'.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part-of the same.

To all ,whom it may concern Be it known that I, S. H. PARTRIDGE, of Peterborough, in the county of Hillsborough, and State of New Hampshire, have invented an Improvement in Childrens Sleds; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon My invention consists mainly in a new method of steering a childrens sled, the seat of the sled resting on the guiding-runner, which is behind the two main runners, upon which the feet rest.

t -Figure 1 is a side view of the sled.

Figure 2 is a fiont view of the sled.

a represents the seat.

0 is the board, extending from one runner (Z to the other runner d.

b is the steering-runner, under the seat a.

c is a brace, strengthening the runners d (I, and holding the runner b and seat a, by means of a round bar, g, which allows the runner b to work right and left.

f is a rod or handle, which may be' used simply as I such, or may be used as a brake. If used as a handle,

the lower end would he set, and fastened into the runner ll. If used as a brake, I fasten a spiral springto f f to press on the rod f, allowing the spiral spring the runner (I.

' In order. to stop the sled, I press down the rod f,

which passes through the runner d to the ground.

Upon removing the hand from the rod, the spring f f causes it to fiy up into its former position.

To use the sled, set on the seat a, with the feet on the platform 0, and the hands on the handles f.

In steering the sled, )ress the hands to the right or left, and'the pressure will move the seat a and runnor 1) in the opposite. direction, thus guiding the sled by means of the runner I).

I am aware that there are inventions having pivoted guiding-runners in front of the sled, and between 

